About the Game
Football is full of hidden talent, and it’s your job to discover them.
Run your own independent football academy, scout and sign young prospects, and guide their development into valuable players. Train with a clear focus, sell at the right moment, and reinvest each transfer to grow your academy and prestige.
Key Features
Scout and discover young talents
Watch youth matches, uncover a player’s qualities through scouting, and sign the prospects that fit your academy.Develop players with focused training
Choose a training focus, shape their growth over time, and build specialists for different roles.
Follow the market and make deals
Track club demands, propose your players when they match a profile, and negotiate transfers that fund the next wave.Grow your academy
Upgrade facilities to improve development and raise your prestige.
Optional customization
Customize leagues, clubs, and player names to shape your football world.
Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
- Optimized the match engine to improve simulation performance.
- Fixed injury status not displaying consistently.
- Fixed an issue that allowed staff contracts to be extended repeatedly at a lower wage.
- Fixed cases where a promised higher wage could not be offered to a player.
- Difficulty now adjusts scouting progress speed and the maximum number of players you can focus on during a match.
Improvements
- Added a quick link to the Player from the Training window
- Added a quick link to the Team from the Player window
- Reduced the player transfer cooldown to 3 months
- Improved the robustness of staff recruitment
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the tutorial would not continue after purchasing an academy directly
- Fixed an issue where the report source changed to Managers when opening a Staff Report and navigating with the arrow buttons
- Youth Camp page was causing lag due to repeated player calculations — fixed
- Staff negotiation could be disabled for an undisclosed reason — fixed
- Fixed and issue where the match lineup where not filled
- Fixed a lagging issue on player search page when closing the player window
- Improved game stability.
- Improved error detection for easier troubleshooting.
- Improved reliability when starting, saving, and loading games.
- Fixed an issue that could leave the market without new player requests.
- Ensured lower-rated player requests continue to appear in later seasons.
Bugfixes
- Staff generation was using the default database instead of the active player database mod.
- The coach assignment dropdown on the academy facility page closed immediately after being clicked.
- The proposal window displayed some player attributes incorrectly, including First Touch
- Market demand generation could sometimes create too few demands. The generation logic has been made more robust.
Player Requests
Fixed an issue where same team requested mostly a player to join their team.
Academy Player Renegotiation
Fixed an issue where renegotiation was sometimes not possible for academy players with expiring contracts.Staff Release Preview
Fixed a bug where the wage and prestige penalty were not shown when releasing staff.Staff Renegotiation
Improved staff renegotiation handling so contracts are no longer extended when an offer was not accepted.Youth Camp Sorting
Fixed incorrect position sorting in youth camps.Negotiation Window
Fixed an issue where facilities were shown as sufficient even they had not been built yet.Inbox Staff Contracts
Fixed an issue where staff contracts could not be extended when opening the staff window from an inbox message.Translations
Fixed several translation issues.
Club Name Character Support Fixed issues where some special characters caused problems in league and transfer club mods. Existing save progress is now adjusted, and these characters can now be typed correctly.
Workshop Upload Reliability Improved Workshop upload handling to prevent the Workshop ID from being lost in some cases.
Missing Validation Messages Added missing error messages for several validation checks.
Current Release
Build 25696531
Uploaded Oct 07, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
fam.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Needed when extracting (WinRAR / 7-Zip) — not a site login.
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